Closure of the ventral hernia in the management of giant exomphalos: A word of caution

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 106-109

  Kothari, M ^a   Pease, Percy W B ^a  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Exomphalos; Hepatic venous anatomy; Inferior vena cava anomalies; MRI; Ventral hernia

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; FUROSEMIDE;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISSECTION; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HERNIOTOMY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTESTINE; LIVER; LIVER SURGERY; LIVER VEIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORCHIDOPEXY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SKIN; SKIN FLAP; STERNOTOMY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; UMBILICAL HERNIA; VEIN INJURY;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 13844253492     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-004-1342-0     Document Type: Article

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